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Shell pipeline on fire after protests

An oil pipeline feeding Shell’s Bonny export terminal in southern Nigeria is burning in six separate places but there is no impact on production, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. Precious Okolobo said Shell became aware of the fires on … read more

BPE Defends Sale of PH, Kaduna Refineries

Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enter-prises (BPE), Mrs. Irene Chigbue, said yesterday that due process was observed in the concluded sale of both the Port Harcourt Refinery Company and Kadu-na Refining and Petrochemical Company. This is coming against the … read more

Youths shut down Shell gas plant

Angry youths of Oben community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State on Tuesday shut down Oben Gas Plant belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited. The youths, led by one Prince West Ogienwonyi Uyigue, told our correspondent that … read more

Rebel wife still defiant

The wife of Nigerian secessionist leader Ralph Uwazuruike says she is still committed to his cause, even though he has spent two years in jail. “The struggle continues – it is not negotiable,” Ngozi Uwazuruike told the BBC about the … read more

Again, militants on the loose

OVWIAN-ALADJA community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State was submerged in tension, weekend, following the kidnap of a Nigerian employee of the Niger-Benue Trading Company (NBTC), Ovwian-Aladja, Mr. Daniel Tishene, by suspected Ijaw militants and a counter-operation by … read more